Department of Land Adjudication Settlement

The department has two divisions namely;

Land Adjudication

Settlement

Settlement division is responsible for the acquisition, planning, demarcation, survey and allocation of economically viable agricultural settlement land to landless, poor and unemployed Kenyans on loan basis

Adjudication division is responsible for ascertaining rights and interests on land in trust land areas and transformation of ownership from customary tenure to individual/group ownership through demarcation, survey and registration.

Others activities undertaken by the department include:

Management of group ranches

Arbitration of land disputes

Purchase of land for settlement of landless Kenyans

Survey and demarcation of settlement scheme plots

Incorporation of group representatives through Group Representatives Act

Hearing and determination of land disputes in adjudication sections

Issuance of letters of offer and legal documents and collection of land loans
issuance of discharges and transfer documents